This year we have several multi-generation sessions booked right after Christmas, and we’re SO excited! I also think this is such a great idea, and a great way to take advantage of family being in town for the holidays. Not to mention, a great gift idea!
We have a couple spots available still for Wednesday, December 28th at Rancho Las Lomas for morning sessions, and a morning session at San Juan Capistrano. Email us soon if you’d like to jump on the bandwagon! photography.jarmstrong@gmail.com
If you’re looking to book your session for holiday photos, now is the time! We have some dates left for full family sessions (45-minutes) at your preferred location in South OC, as well as a limited number of mini-sessions at Rancho Las Lomas in Trabuco Canyon on November 21 and 22.
For full family sessions, please fill out our Google form to select your preferred date and location. Sessions are 45-minutes long and cost $245.
For Rancho Las Lomas mini-sessions, please email us at photography.jarmstrong@gmail.com with your preferred date and time. These sessions are 20-minutes long and cost $150. We currently (as of 10/12) have three sessions still available:
What does each session include? Whether a mini-session or a full session, all photos are delivered via online gallery. Through that gallery you can easily share your link and password with family and friends, order prints, or download the full gallery or select specific photos to download so you can incorporate into your holiday cards.
How many photos will I get? We do not have a maximum number of edited photos provided – any photo that is worth editing will be edited and included in your online gallery. There are no additional fees to receive your photos or any specific quantity of photos. For mini sessions, the average number of photos is between 15-25. For full sessions, the average is between 20-45 photos. Could be more, could be less, just depends on the session.
How does booking a session work? Once you confirm your interest, we will send a contract with the specifics of your session and payment instructions. A $100 deposit is required for full sessions with the remainder of the payment due by your photo date. Payment in full is required to book a mini-session.
What kind of payments do you accept? We accept payment via Venmo, Zelle, cash or check.
Need help designing your holiday cards? If the online templates are not cutting it for you, feel free to reach out for a custom designed card. I can never find one online that has the right format for the photos I want to use, so inevitably Jeff ends up designing our card. He can design yours too! Email us for details.
Written by Alex
To say 2020 has been a year of change and demanding flexibility for almost everyone is an understatement. In our little home we’ve had to adjust to distance learning schedules and losing our primary caretaker for our three boys (among all the other COVID stuff).
It was pretty clear from the outset that we wouldn’t be able to manage long term to both work full time and give our boys the time and attention they need. As a couple, we’ve often discussed the idea of Jeff working for himself, doing photography, carpentry, and art. Sitting in a cubicle every day has never been his goal, but it gave our family the stability we’ve needed for the last few years.
Given our current need for someone to be home with our boys, we decided now was the time to take the leap. It’s been a stressful couple months (mostly for Jeff who has had to manage still working and kids full time) while we talked through our options and made sure we could do it without putting our family under a big financial strain.
As scary as it is to leave something familiar and stable (Jeff was with his company for almost ten years!), we’re so excited for this adventure. We hope you’ll join our adventure by thinking of us for all your photography needs (or custom wood/art work!), referring us to your friends or family, or simply by liking/sharing/commenting on our social media posts.
Looking forward to whatever the future holds!
Had a great evening at the San Clemente pier dodging other family photo shoots and enjoying the sunset. Seriously its not surprising there are so many photographers in the area with locations like this. I feel so lucky to say that this is one of my regular photo spots.
A great family session in Orange. I absolutely love seeing friends families grow through the years and being able to capture these moments for them. And seriously how adorable is little Sophia!?
Hard to believe how fast these kids grow up! From belly to tiny dancer!
Love how these turned out of one of my longtime friends and his awesome family. Hard to believe I have known Andrew since I was four years old and now we both have families of five!
I also had a great assistant for this shoot.
So happy to finally be able to share these. This was the first session of the holiday season and one of my absolute favorites. Not only are they some of the best people: they make my job so easy! Had an awesome time walking around Orange, and even though we got started late with the time change and early sunset: it was perfect!
At one point we were walking past a window with a neon sign and I had to make them stop for a photo. That’s when Abby said “just edit all of these to make it look like I’m in Bladerunner.” Can do.
Well it’s been a long time coming and wow am I bad at keeping up with this thing. My last post was almost a year ago! Things have been really busy in the photography world for me lately and I love it! Here’s just some random trips and photo sessions that I’ve had this year. Can’t wait to share more of the recent sessions after the holidays.
Guatemala!
Me and my wife did a whirlwind weekend trip to Guatemala for a friends wedding. No sleep, crazy driving in the city and wonderful friends. It was a great and exhausting trip.
Yosemite!
Well we mostly stayed in Bishop and did a ton of driving to and from the foothills of Yosemite. But it was a great and busy trip and family reunion.
Random photo sessions!
Here are a few randoms from some family sessions. And also a couple maternity photos of Alex. Baby boy #3 on the way!
Had a quick garage portrait shoot of my dudes for some mothers day prints recently. Set up some lights, a sheet hanging off a ladder and a cooler too sit on and we were ready for silly faces! I do think it may be time to invest in a real studio backdrop though.
A late post but one of my absolute favorites from the busy Christmas season. If you know me or have been following my photography, then you already know my connection with this wonderful family. And now they have a seriously adorable little Cameron May who is just as photogenic and smiley as mom and dad (even when she’s flying through the air) Which brings me to Competitive Baby Tossing. I have had multiple dads toss their little ones during photo shoots. Some just barely leave dads hands and some go soaring into the sky while mom looks on with terrified eyes. But none have done it with close to as much style as baby Cameron. I mean seriously, it looks like I photoshopped her into the photo. I love it. Looking forward to watching this family grow through the coming years and love that I’ve been a part of it for so long already!
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